42-30021

Delivered Denver 1/4/43; Pueblo 8/4/43; Smoky Hill 17/4/43; Pueblo 27/4/43; Smoky Hill 6/5/43; Dow Fd 23/5/43; Assigned 533BS/381BG [VP-L] Ridgewell 29/5/43 with John Martin, Bob Marsh, Harry Long, Wallace Hoag, Jim Lantto, John Hutchinson, Hugh Goswick, Wayne Maloney, Bill Geary, Glenn Witts; Missing in Action Antwerp 22/6/43 (first group loss) with John Martin, Co-pilot: Bob Marsh, Navigator: Wallace Hoag, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jim Lantto, Radio Operator: Hugh Goswick, Ball turret gunner: Leon Fornaro, Waist gunner: John Hutchison, Waist gunner: Glenn Witts,Tail gunner: Bill Geary (8KIA-seven bodies recovered by divers); Navigator: Harry Long, Bombardier: Wallace Hoag (2 Prisoner of War); flak knocked off wing, crashed Oosterschelde, two miles W of Krabbendijke, Hol; Missing Air Crew Report 160.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 381st Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13043065
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13087737
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37284798
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-734686 (17062573)
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39002488
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

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Failed to Return (FTR)

Belgium 22 June 1943

Revisions

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 160 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database